Pacific Races For
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Ocean Yachtsmen
IT is likely that the Los Angele Honolulu yacht race —which tab place every two years and which wi start from Los Angeles Harbour ♦ July 4, 1953—wi1l in future be sn plemented by another yacht rao from Honolulu to Tahiti, which w* follow shortly after the conclusiii of the Los Angeles-Honolulu event The Honolulu-Tahiti race (2,5<1 miles) will be a tough one, and tJ sponsors will check the seaworthine of yachts which desire to enter.
There will be substantial trophi* and the Government and people Tahiti, eager to promote the conte already have promised,the competii yachtsmen some royal entertainme in French Oceania.
Persons interested should con municate with the Secretary of t!
Trans-Pacific Yacht Club. 210 W<' 7th Street, Los Angeles, USA.
Sydney-Noumea
To celebrate the 100th Anniversa of the foundation of New Caledon (September, 1953) the French autlu. ides in Noumea are making pla for a yacht race at about that tirr from Sydney to Noumea. We known South Australian yachtsm*.
John and Frank Livingston, flew Noumea this month to advise t French Government on the plan. T 1 latter proposes to donate substanll trophies for the race.
Auckland-Suva
In October, the Royal Akara Yacht Club of Auckland was co sidering a suggestion that an anm cruising yacht race between Aucklae and Suva be promoted—it v< thought that such a race would more popular than the diffic: trans-Tasman race. The Auckland! recognise one difficulty—that so South Pacific races must be organif in the Southern winter, otherw; contend with Fiji’s hurricane seas*;
Passengers per Union SS Co. vessels arriving and departing from Auckland October included:- Miss Patricia Borrowes of Christchurch returning from Fiji after a period employment with Warner Brothers film unit. Miss Sesa Mauu returned to W. San after three years at Wellington. Mrs. E. M. Cumming and Mrs. V. Diamoo respectively sister and mother of Mr. B. Diamond of Industrial Builders. Lautoo went north to Fiji. Miss May Howell who was bound for Suva and Nadi.